Jay-Z's album will be available for free to the first million who downloaded the app through the Samsung Galaxy SIII, Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note II. / Evan Agostini, AP

by Editors, USA TODAY

by Editors, USA TODAY

Consumers seeking the most patriotic way to spend the Fourth of July holiday used to have two choices: Hit the grill, or hit the fireworks show. Now, there's a third option: Hit the stores - for bargains and freebies. Marketers are pushing enticing deals to drive business on a day when millions of Americans have traditionally made plans to gather outdoors and party, not stay indoors and shop.

What's next for Egypt

As Egypt's military announced it had deposed the country's first-ever democratically elected president, many Egypt watchers braced to see whether Mohammed Morsi's Islamist followers would resort to violence as they said they would. Radical Islamists such as Mohamed al-Zawahiri, a leader of Egypt's radical Jihadi movement and the brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, promised his followers they would have "the upper hand" should the military follow through with its threatened coup.

Jay-Z album first listen

The one million Samsung Galaxy smartphone owners who downloaded a special app from Jay-Z got the first listen of the hip-hop star's album Magna Carta Holy Grail album. The album was available for free to the first million who downloaded the app through the Samsung Galaxy SIII, Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note II.

What Brad Stevens' departure means for Butler

On Wednesday night, Brad Stevens, 36, announced that he'd be leaving Butler after 13 years (seven as an assistant, six as head coach) to coach the Boston Celtics. Butler athletic director Barry Collier, a former Butler men's basketball coach himself, will have to move quickly to hire a replacement. The July recruiting period is nearly upon us, and the Bulldogs are also in the process of making a big jump up to the Big East.

Inventor of computer mouse dies

The first computer mouse was a wooden shell with metal wheels. The man behind it, tech visionary Doug Engelbart, has died at 88 after transforming the way people work, play and communicate. His death of acute kidney failure occurred at his California home after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, according to one of his daughters, Diana Engelbart Mangan.